Improved folding chair or lounge



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NITED STATES PATENT (')EEICEO JOSEPH sUTTEn, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

lMPROVED--FOLDING CHAIR OR LOUNGE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 40,512, dated November 3, 1863.

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH SUTTER, of the city and State ot' New York, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Folding Chairs or Lounges; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description Ot' the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure l is an elevation of a lounge iitted with my improvement, a portion of one side being shown in section and Fig. 2 is a crosssection of the same, as opened to form a bed, and the red lines represent the same as folded up to form a lounge or seat.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Lounges and seats have heretofore been made to fold up or to extend in the form of a bed. The nature of my said invention consists in the combination of an extending folding bottoni with a swinging back, fitted in a peculiar manner, so as to be held at any desired inclination. I also make use of swinging arms, sustained at any desired angle by means ot a curved adjustable brace.

In the drawings, a is a frame forming the base of the lounge or seat.

b b are thelegs, of any usual character.

c is the seat of the lounge, upholstered in any desired manner, and hinged to the frame a at l, and rest-in g at the outer edges upon the blocks 2 2 of the frame a.

d is the first extension-frame, hinged at 3 3 to c and folding beneath the seat c, as shown by red lines in Fig. 2, leaving a space for the second extensionframe, e, between c and d. Thissecond extension, e, is hinged at 4 to d, and carries at the opposite edge the folding legs i. These legs are of any desired construction, but if of metal they take but little space, and when turned down vertical are to be held in position by suitable stop latches or blocks. To open this folded bottom it is necessary to raise the outer edge of the seat and turn. down and forward the successive sections, and then turn the legs into the vertical position. On folding up the bedstead the reverse operations take place, and the ends of the section d rest upon projecting pieces 5 5, one at each end of the frame a.

The swinging back f is hinged to a at 6, and upholstered to suit convenience or taste. g are curved slotted braces, hinged at 7 to the back f, and h are thumbnuts on screws passing through the slot in each brace. By means of these braces-and there should be either two or threethe back f-can be held upright when used as a lounge, or inclined more or less to suit convenience, or be entirely let down level to form part of the bedstead-bottom when this lounge or seat is turned into a bedstead.

rlhe arms l Z are each attached by hinges at 8 to the frame a, and fitted with a curved brace, 7c, hinged at 9 to the arm, and slotted to pass the screw of the clamping thumb-nut 10. The hinges at 9, by which the upper ends of the braces k are connected to the arms l, I prefer to be formed as cross-bars, as shown, attached to the upper ends of the braces k, and setting at their ends in sockets in or upon the respective side pieces of the arms.

Either or both arms can beinclined more or less, orturned down horizontally, as most convenient to the user.

What I claim, vand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The folding bottom c d e, formed as specified, in combination with the swinging back f and braces g, as and for the purposes specified. Y

2. The swinging arms h, in combination with the brace k, fitted as and for the purposes specified.

Dated February 25, 1863.

JOSEPH SUTIER.

Witnesses LEMUEL W. SEERELL, Guns. H. SMITH. 

